Specifically, we hypothesized that the negative statements in the defused presentation format would likely decrease believability to see or say the statements, but would increase willingness, relative to the normal and abnormal statements.

We hypothesized that although the defusion-relevant instructions might impact differentially upon participants' ratings of discomfort, believability, and willingness, the defusion prefix would still outperform the Normal and Abnormal statements.

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